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OHIO, ASSIGNOR 'I'O TRUSSED CONCRETE STEEL COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS.

original application filed December 30,

To all whom it may concern."

' Be it known that I, THOMAS H. KANE, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Youngstown, in the and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Process of Constructing Buildings, of which the following is a specification. v

The present invention relates to a metal building, particularly'suitable for portable or temporary hospitals and schools, election booths and the like, and its object, briefly stated, is to provide very cheaply a construction that possesses, in greater measure than structures heretofore known, adaptability for size and special conditions, ease of erection, compactness for transportatlon and general capacity for service.

This applicationis a division of my application for patent Serial Number 69,330, filed December 30, 1915, for building construction; and the features of the invention claimed in the present instance relate to a process whereby the parts of the building disclosed in the prior application are rapidly and easily assembled without the use of falsework.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary transverse vertical section through the building. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section corresponding thereto. Fig. 3 is a section on either of the lines 33 or 3"3 of F ig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view of the building. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic horizontal section showing the relation of the panels to one another. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the plates for the gable end. Figs. 7 and 8 are sections on the lines 77 and 88 of Fig. 4.

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the external wall surface of the building is formed, for the most part, of corner panels 1, side panels 2, side panels 3 (which differ from the'panels 2 merely in that windows or ventilators are omitted), end panels 4, narrow end panels-5 (if desired, Fig. 5), doors 6, gable ends 8 and filler plates 9 above the doors. The panels are all formed of thin sheet metal, and those designated 1, 2, 3 and 4 include the inturned bottom flanges 10 (Fig. 1) that rest on sills 11 (preferably wood) and may be secured thereto by screws 12. The

corner panels are bent from a single sheet of metal, the flange 10 having been notched Specification of Letters Patent.

1915, Serial no. 69,330. Divided and this 28,1916. Serial No. 117,226.

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plane of the upper faces Patented Jan. 15, 1913.

application filed August in an obvious manner. Each of the panels 1-2'34 has its side edges bent inwardly to form flanges 13 grooved at 14, and adjacent panels 1-23 are joined throughout a portion of their height by thin metal posts or key plates '15, having ribs 16 received in the grooves 14. By perforating the flanges posts and providing slotted bolts 18 and wedges 19, a very convenient means is aflorded for clamping the parts tightly together to exclude air and rain.

Resting directly on the upper ends of the members of each pair of posts are gusset plates 21 having ribs 22 (Fig. 1) conforming to and in alinement with the ribs on the posts, and to these gusset plates are joined sheet metal rafters (each of which may include an upper flange 23, a web 24 and a lower flange 25) and sheet metal ties 26, Sheet metal channel suspenders or intermediate members 28 are used to join the peaks of the rafters to an intermediate point of a corresponding tie. The various joints between the gussets and suspenders and the rafters and tie are preferably formed by spot welding; and, in order to provide a large surface of contact, the flanges 25, together with the flanges of the suspenders, are bent out into the plane of the web of the corresponding member as indicated respectively at 30 and 31 (Figs. 1 and 2). The members 23-24-25 and 26 constitute, respectively, the compression and tension chords of the roof truss. If desired, the peaks and ties of adjacent trusses may be connected by sheet metal sway braces 32 also welded in place (Fig. 2). The gussets preferably include outwardly projecting eave supporting extensions 33 (Fig. 1).

It will be observed that the posts ofkey plates 15 terminate some distance below the roof and that the panels 1-2-3 extend upwardly thereto and are each provided with a flange 34 that lies substantially in the of the rafters (Fig. 1). When the gussets are in position and the plates are joined thereto by wedge bolts 1819, as heretofore explained, a tight weatherproof joint is therefore secured throughout the height of the side wall.

The end -panels differ from the panels 2 merely in that they have their upper edges bent to form a horizontal flange 36 (Fig. 2),

ooved to conform to a ribbed horizontal ar 38, that extends across the building and is of the same cross-section as the posts, except that its edge 39 (which projects outwardly) is bent to form an inclined dri board. The sheet metal end gables are formeil in two halves 40, each having a horizontal flange 41 conforming to the ribbed upper surface of the bar 38 and also having a flange 42 bent into the plane of the roof. Similar flanges 43 along the adjacent edges of the halves inclose a vertical stifi'ening bar 44 of the same cross-section as the posts: Wedge bolts 1819 join the several parts as before. Projecting outwardl from the flanges 42 and preferably we ded thereto (Fig. 2) are flat metal light-sealing plates 45, not shown in Fig. 4.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 4 and 8, it will be seen that the filler plate 9 has ribbed horizontal flanges 46 and 48 that conform respectively to the ribbed surfaces of the bar 38 and the lintel bar 49, the edges of the latter of which project beyond the flange 48. An upper sheet metal jamb plate 50 including edge flanges 51 and a stop portion 52' is detachably secured to the bar 49 by bolts 53. As the parts are clamped together by wedge bolts 18-49, the lintel bar and the jointplate may be said to be sus-" pended from the bar 38. The'depth of the plate 9 is such as to bring the upper edge of the door 6 below the eaves, from which it follows that the door may be readily in-. sorted in lieu of one of the panels 2 or 3, they being of the same width.

The roof coverin may be of any approved characteri T liat shown (Figs. 1 and 2) comprises ridge boards 71, intermediate roofing plates 72, eave plates 74 (having their edges bent down over the gusset extensions 33), key plates 7 5' and end roofing plates 76. The various plates of the roof are arranged in overlapping relation to each other an secured to t e anges 23 of the rafters by thin resilient metal clips 77, driven into place at an angle to the rafters and having two contact points that en age, respectively, with the upper face 0 the seams 78 (whereb the plates are joined) and the lower sur ace of the corresponding proper alinement with the posts and thev corresponding bolts 1819 are placed. Since, for'hospitals and other portable buildings of twenty feet in width and with posts spaced approximately four feet, the weight ofa truss need' not exceed one hundred nary procedure in which a self-bracing frame-work is first erected .and sheeting or walls afterward applied. It will be observed that the trusses are connected to the posts, only indirectly by means of the panels on each side.

I claim z--- 1. The process of erecting buildings which comprise side wall panels having flanges along their vertical edges, posts of less height than the flanges interposed between the latter, and roof trusses having ends conformin to the spaces between the upper ends 0 the flanges, which process consists in first assembling the wall panels and posts and afterward lowering the trusses into the spaces between the corresponding flanges.

2. The process of erecting buildings which comprise side wall panels having grooved flan es alon their vertical edges, posts of less eight t an the flanges and having ribs conforming to the grooves of the latter, and roof trusses having ends conforming to the spaces between the upper ends of the flanges, which process conslsts in first placing a panel in position, next placing a post in such relation to the panel that one of its ribs is received in the groove in the-flange of the latter, next placing a second panel 1n such relation to t e post that another rib on the latter is received in the groove in the flange of the former, and afterward lowering the end of the corresponding truss into the space between the upper ends of the flanges until it rests upon the upper end of the post.

3. .The process of erecting buildings which comprise sectional ends, including corner panels and side wall panels, said corner and side wall panels having flanges along their vertical edges, posts of less height than and interposed between the flanges, and a roof truss having ends conforming to the spaces between the upper ends of the panels, which process consists in first assembling a sectional end in a plane other than vertical, next tilting the end about'its base until it stands substantially vertical, then placing a post in position against the flange of the corresponding corner panel, then placing a wall panel so that its flange engages the side of the ost op osite the flange on the corner pane andj nally lowering the end of the truss into the space between the upper meme? ends of the flanges until it rests upon the in first placing a panel in position, next in upper ends of the posts. placing a post against the flange of the 4. The process of erecting buildings which panel, afterward placing a second panel comprise side wall panels having flanges with its flange agalnst the post, then loweralong their vertical edges, thin posts of less ing the end of the corresponding truss into height than the flanges and conforming to the space between the upper ends of the w the latter, and roof trusses having ends flanges until it rests on the upper end of conforming to the spaces between the upper the post. ends of the flanges, which process consists THOMAS H. KANE. 

